I meant to have a last name for the coach/director personage, but didn't know to do that on the registration. Oh well, there she blows.

Done

Woohoo! Thankies to you, Bernie_Pit. Wow, I wonder why I waited so long to actually start posting here.

Here we go, everybody! The staff list for the inaugural season of the Jackson Flares is as follows:

• Tour Coordinator: Dennis Brisolara
• Brass Arrangers: John Martin and Dallas Burke
• Drill and Visual Director: Ronald Martin
• Brass Caption Heads: Mac Therrien and Bobby Lewis
• Brass Consultant 1: Neil Patel
• Brass Consultant 2: Ann Harrison
• Marching Director: Tony Taylor
• Marching and Visual Consultant: Ron Branning
• Percussion Arranger 1: John Wooten
• Percussion Arranger 2: Bob Hennen
• Percussion Caption Heads: Carl Major and John "Donkey" Brewer
• Percussion Consultant 1: Joseph Peace
• Percussion Consultant 2: Chris Calton
• Color Guard/Rifle Line and Dance Instructors: Jarod Leddy and Rebecca Parmer
• Drum Major Instructor: Candace Cartwright

The Flares are a new corps formed from the students of Jackson County Florida over the past year. Try-outs were held earlier in the year so as to help re-condition the members and teach them the basics of a Drum Corps (versus their high school marching band experience). Guard and Dance try-outs are to be held this weekend at Marianna High and all applicants should arrive promptly at 7:30 AM ("And remember, if you're on time. . .you're late.") The show is currently a work in progress, though musical selection is complete and both drill and arranging have begun.

The Jackson Flares are currently working with the Jackson County communities, as well as the WaterPur Company of Greenwood, FL and Forest River, Inc. out of Goshen, IN (both of these companies are greatly appreciated for both financial support and encouragement). Instrument selection is also currently in progress for both brass and percussion, with members from each respective unit working with our staff to come up with the best tools for the sound we are trying to achieve.

You can email the corps at JacksonFlares@yahoo.com, and we now have a home page up at www.geocities.com/JacksonFlares.

Announcing the show for this year's season! The Jackson Flares will be doing a show featuring songs from the soundtrack to Children Of Dune. There will be 4 songs based on Bryan Tyler's original soundtrack. They are, in order of performance:

• Main Title (House Atreides)
• Inama Nushif (Montage)
• My Skin Is Not My Own
• The Jihad

The first two songs are currently being polished both musically and drill-wise. My Skin Is Not My Own (a piece featuring the Pit and Battery) is almost finished and will be a transitional piece which leads directly into the closing statement, The Jihad.

We would like to thank Dallas Burke and John Martin for working diligently on the pieces (especially the long hours spent reproducing a stringed effect using only brass), and Carl Major and Bob Hennen for their stunning arrangement of My Skin Is Not My Own.

Email the Jackson Flares at JacksonFlares@yahoo.com
Visit Our Home Page at http://www.geocities.com/JacksonFlares

Our tour schedule for the season is now posted.

Web Site Version: www.geocities.com/jacksonflares/toursched.htm

Okay, there are now some pictures up on the official site and the schedule is updated so as to have 27 shows. Here's the address to the corps stats:

http://www.drumlines.org/threads/showonecorps.php/Corps/99

This update coming to you from the road. We left our home town of Marianna, FL yesterday afternoon after a brief preview concert at Bulldog Stadium. The crowd of roughly 3,500 from around the county gave us a great send off, and we would like to thank them all dearly.

We are currently heading up to Maryland for our first show and expect to arrive the day before. We are taking the first leg of the trip slowly, not traveling too much, so as to save our drivers (and you know they'll be begging for rest come next week).

As far as the show is concerned, we are as ready as we could be for our premiere in Div III and cannot wait to step onto the field.

Email: jacksonflares@yahoo.com
Website: www.geocities.com/jacksonflares

The Fivesters wish the Flares a great season and to stay partners in the GM Organization.

GOOD LUCK FLARES!!!!